ZDF Enterprises takes 49% stake in Studio Hamburg's Doc Lights

Studio Hamburg will retain 51% control of Doc Lights and management will not change.

BERLIN -- ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German pubweb ZDF, has taken a 49% stake in Doc Lights, a production company focusing on non-fiction and light entertainment controlled by German production giant Studio Hamburg. Studio Hamburg will retain 51% control of Doc Lights and management will not change.

ZDF and Doc Lights have worked together for years. Doc Lights has produced numerous TV documentaries for ZDF and the two companies jointly control Cologne-based doc company Gruppe 5.